NEW DELHI: Uttarakhand and Kerala top the list of states in Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) index as Chandigarh ranked first among Union Territories, data released by government think tank Niti Aayog was shown on Friday. Tamil Nadu came in third, followed by Goa and Himachal Pradesh. This year, 32 states/UTs scored between 65 and 99, up from 22 in the 2020-21 edition. There are 10 new states and UTs in the leader category. These include Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. The data showed that between 2018 and 2023-24, the states with the highest progress were Uttar Pradesh (increase in score by 25), followed by J&K (21), Uttarakhand (19), Sikkim (18), Haryana (17), Assam, Tripura and Punjab (16 each), Madhya Pradesh and Odisha (15 each). India’s composite score improved from 57 in 2018 to 66 in 2020-21 and further to 71 in 2023-24, the data released by Niti Aayog CEO Suman Bery showed. India has made significant strides in accelerating progress on SDGs between the 2020-21 and 2023-24 editions of the index. Goal 13 (Climate Action) registers the highest increase in score from 54 in 2020-21 to 67 in 2023-24, followed by Goal 1 (No Poverty) from 60 to 72. According to an official statement, targeted government interventions such as Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, Ujjwala, Swachh Bharat, Jan Dhan, Ayushman Bharat-PMJAY, Ayushman Arogya Mandir, PM-Mudra Yojana, Saubhgaya and Start-up India were effective and led to rapid improvement.
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